Paul and the Law -Rules of the Road

Did Paul teach against the law of God?

It is a common notion in many Christian circles, based on a few of Paul's writings, that the "whole law" is done away through faith in Christ. But was this really a full understanding of Paul's perspective? When we dig a little deeper we understand that Paul made it clear that the law (any and all of it) cannot save you. In our world can you imagine a law that could save anyone? Perhaps a road-sign showing dangerous curves ahead and giving an appropriate speed will help some people think, anticipate a situation, and drive with greater caution. But the "law" itself does not save anyone.

Some religious people over the centuries have trapped others by setting up an old con. They set up their "straw men" ideas about the scriptures and then shoot them down.
This is especially true of those who claim that Paul said the old covenant was about the "law" saving the people, and the new covenant is saying "faith" saves, so therefore we don't need the law as a teacher to show us God's way of life. 
This is a specious argument on 3 counts.

First, the bible nowhere says the "law" saves people. There are certainly benefits of obedience and on the contrary disobedience can produce deadly consequences.

Second, from Genesis to Revelation there is only one Saviour, the Lord God, Jesus the Christ/Messiah. He alone saves — not law, not faith, not grace, not works.

Third, so knowing that only the Lord God saves, what is the function of the law? It teaches us righteousness, and without righteousness we cannot please God or walk with him.

So what was Paul's attitude and approach to the law of God. (torah/teaching of the Hebrew Scriptures)
Paul asks the Romans this question, "Is the law sin?"
But he also answers it!
 

Romans 7:7

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”

Paul says the law teaches us right from wrong, what is good and what is sinful.
Paul then explains the relationship between God's grace and being "under the law."
 

Romans 6:14-15

For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law, but under grace.
What then? Shall we sin (live lawless lives) because we are not under law, but under grace? 
Certainly not!

But why is this the case? Paul says we are not to sin (live lawless lives), even though we are now as Christians "under grace." Paul explains it this way:

Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? 17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. 18 And having been set free from sin (lawlessness), you became slaves of righteousness (law-abiding). 19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness.

When examining Paul's writings do not forget what he wrote to the gentile brethren in Rome! Paul loved the Hebrew scriptures: the law, the writings and the prophets. He knew that as slaves of our Master Jesus Christ we need to know Christ's teachings. Paul only had the Hebrew scriptures, Genesis to Malachi. But we have the blessing of all the scriptures, from Genesis to Revelation, and the law/teaching was given to us so we could walk with God in righteousness.
 

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Learn more about Paul's use of the Hebrew scriptures in his writings.
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